Spotted: Lotus Evora

[bluedragon]

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[vengie]

Nice car! and nice spot!

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Do want!

[RY213]

The front almost looks part Ferrari and part Lambo. The back is all Lotus though. Its still one sexy car though...

[corsvette]

Nice spot!
Those must be quite a bit larger than a Exige, it allmost looks big alongside that Jetta.

[schocker]

Cool spotting. I didnt even know they were here yet. :thumbsup:

[K3RMiTdot]

Greaat spot!!

[Redlyne_mr2]

Go Camry Power!

[Sorath]

thats a nice car... too bad its got a homo engine

[Disoblige]

Originally posted by Redlyne_mr2
Go Camry Power!

I lolled. But V6 Camry's are quick! :rofl:
Couple hundred pounds lighter, Lotus Engine Management.. Yeah, still kinda slow for what it is lol..

[slinkie]

lol its 3000 pounds? :confused:

[Nissan_Fanboy]

I thought the same thing, looks just like a ferrari from the front.

[Disoblige]

Originally posted by slinkie
lol its 3000 pounds? :confused:
Yup, exactly 3000 lbs.

[bituerbo]

I'm digging the koenigsegg roof/glass.
But 3000lbs? what a porker.

[GOnSHO]

nice spot...



do not like :thumbsdow :dunno:

[3drian]

me likey :drool:

[calgarygts]

I saw this on 17th the other day, I thought it was a ferrari but couldn't figure it out until I saw the back end. It's a super sexy car.

[2002civic]

What do these go for?

[n1zm0]

Originally posted by bituerbo
But 3000lbs? what a porker.

yeah at least they could have gone forced induction (i.e the ever-popular yota v6 supercharger) for a lotus product of 3k lbs curb weight, who cares if it handles like its on rails if its just a fat pig.

[A2VR6]

Originally posted by 2002civic
What do these go for?

between 95 and 103k according to wiessach in vancouver... too much if you ask me.

[sexualbanana]

It's all about looking good and going slow

[Tik-Tok]

All you guys are going to get banned, when Rage2 reveals this is his new car :rofl:

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by Tik-Tok
All you guys are going to get banned, when Rage2 reveals this is his new car :rofl:

So it's a Evora?

3000lbs isn't bad consider it has back seats......

[Cody D]

I love Lotus, but I'm not feeling this car. 3000lbs and a weak engine for $100,000.00 does not make sense.

[max_boost]

Originally posted by sexualbanana
It's all about looking good and going slow

Damn rights.


Originally posted by Cody D
I love Lotus, but I'm not feeling this car. 3000lbs and a weak engine for $100,000.00 does not make sense.

Kind of like the NSX lulz

Evora is sexy.
:drool: :love:

[eglove]

this was at the beyond meet this week. looks pretty cool, not my thing though

[guessboi]

^ still thinking if I should get one of these in white for the summer. :poosie:

need to sell my NC first. lol.

[Sugarphreak]

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[Kloubek]

Funny how 0-60 in under 5 seconds is considered slow by today's standards.

Its true though. Cars for far less than half the price have been doing 0-60 under 5 seconds for over a decade.

Still a real nice car though. There's always the Esprit.

[Skyline_Addict]

yeah.... i'd buy it for 50k

[Z_fairladygirl]

This car is $100,000 cause it's the limited launch edition version, you can't buy them that way anymore, this was the first or the second Evora in Canada, you can now buy the regular, or Supercharged versions. Trust me, in this car the engine (which some ppl say is lame cause it's a tuned Camry) and the weight (which you would never know is what it weighs) don't matter, this car can make any person shit their pants, especially in sport mode, and it handles like a dream :drool:

The car looks amazing in the sun, rather than in the dark like at the beyond meet on Wednesday, but to truly appreciate it you need a cooky British guy to take you out in it and rip around like a mad man (aka Jabberwocky)

At any rate, I think this car's dead sexy :love:, and it makes my car look silly when it sits beside it :facepalm:

[Squishy]

Ask your parents to buy you another car then?:dunno:

Edit: realized how that kinda sounded, was just saying

[J-hop]

Man I hate the "it's a camry engine" argument what the hell does that even mean. Someone please explain to me why that is a legitimate argument?

[Z_fairladygirl]

Why would I ask them to buy me a car? :confused:
I love my car, besides they never bought me my car in the first place, I worked hard for my car and I want to keep her :D


I's not a legitimate argument, ppl are just jealous =P

[Squishy]

I think people just hate on any Toyota engines other than the JZ's..

[Z_fairladygirl]

Oh lol Squishy I see what you mean, cause I said my car looks silly beside it, well I would think most cars would look silly besides it anyways, so I don't feel so bad :D

[Disoblige]

1LR :drool:

[schocker]

Originally posted by J-hop
Man I hate the "it's a camry engine" argument what the hell does that even mean. Someone please explain to me why that is a legitimate argument?
You are taking the engine from a camry and putting it into a sports car an application the engine was never intended for :dunno:
This is a different approach from the 2ZZ

[Z_fairladygirl]

Well as stated before the Evora is not built for speed, it is built for handling, but believe me it still kicks ass in the speed department

I had The pleasure of driving one today for the first time and i was very very very impressed with it's speed, and of course it's handling but that's a given =P

[shakalaka]

Nice car. Perosnally, I'd rather have an older Vantage for that kinda dough though.

[sputnik]

This is what all of the guys with G35/G37s are upgrading to.

[slinkie]

Originally posted by Squishy
I think people just hate on any Toyota engines other than the JZ's..

4AGE :angel:

[J-hop]

Originally posted by schocker

You are taking the engine from a camry and putting it into a sports car an application the engine was never intended for :dunno:
This is a different approach from the 2ZZ

That still isn't really a legitimate argument though. Again it has no meaning. What tuning have they done, what is fundamentally wrong with the engine design that makes it not right for the application. That is like taking a cummins diesel, throwing it in a dodge stratus and saying that because it's been wrapped in a crappy package somehow that makes the engine garbage.

And anyways who said the limiting factor keeping the camry from being considered a sports car is the powerplant???

[max_boost]

Originally posted by Z_fairladygirl
Well as stated before the Evora is not built for speed, it is built for handling, but believe me it still kicks ass in the speed department

I had The pleasure of driving one today for the first time and i was very very very impressed with it's speed, and of course it's handling but that's a given =P

I think you and I need to go for a cruise next season. You can spend the entire winter convincing your folks. What do you say? :D :drool: :burnout: :bigpimp:

[bigbadboss101]

Originally posted by max_boost


I think you and I need to go for a cruise next season. You can spend the entire winter convincing your folks. What do you say? :D :drool: :burnout: :bigpimp:

Party for two?;)

[Cody D]

The Camry engine is crap because it's not designed for a sports car application, it will never sound good and it will never put out solid reliable power numbers. It's one of the main reasons that I sold my Elise with the Celica engine, even with the supercharger and other work I did to it the car had no torque and didn't sound good. It's also the same reason I sold my NSX, the car didn't sound good and without big money had no power.

Toyota can do so much better with Yamahas help, that Evora should have the 5.0 V8 from the IS-F instead.

[Squishy]

Originally posted by Cody D
Toyota can do so much better with Yamahas help, that Evora should have the 5.0 V8 from the IS-F instead.
+1 for this! :thumbsup:

[msommers]

Nice spot! Evora was one of my favorites from the Auto Show.

[M.alex]

Originally posted by shakalaka
Nice car. Perosnally, I'd rather have an older Vantage for that kinda dough though.

I'd rather have 3 1/2 C5 Z06s. :rofl:

It's an interesting car, but not one I'd pay more than 30k for.

[Z_fairladygirl]

Originally posted by max_boost


I think you and I need to go for a cruise next season. You can spend the entire winter convincing your folks. What do you say? :D :drool: :burnout: :bigpimp:

Hahaha I will try, my mom was impressed with how well the drive went today so maybe with some brown nosing this winter I can manage to get it for a cruise :angel:

[racerjim]

I spotted this one yesterday in okotoks. I wasn't sure what it was but it sure looks like this Lotus.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c184/Racerjim/IMG_0487.jpg

[schocker]

Originally posted by racerjim
I spotted this one yesterday in okotoks. I wasn't sure what it was but it sure looks like this Lotus.

That is a refreshed elise. Still nice though.

[Cody D]

Originally posted by schocker

That is a refreshed elise. Still nice though.

Definitely not an Elise, that is a Tesla.

[schocker]

Originally posted by Cody D


Definitely not an Elise, that is a Tesla.
durrrr whoops
Technically an elise :rofl:

[Sugarphreak]

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[AndyL]

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/reviews/comparisons/porsche-cayman-lotus-evora-comparison-test



The Lotus delivers a man–machine connection that we didn't think was possible—a car that every ride and handling engineer should sample. Plus it's full of character—you sit practically between the front wheels, the shape is as exotic as a Lamborghini, and the Toyota V6 is not only commendably smooth, it also cries a deep-throated wail like the Porsche. In today's world of blandness, an interesting ride that doesn't suffer a ride penalty is an alluring option. The Porsche is not only outright faster, it's cheaper and better quipped inside. Picking between the two is a bit like choosing your favorite Burt Reynolds movie. If you plan to commute in one of these two cars, the Cayman is a better option. It's simply a tick easier to live with. Give us 75 grand, however, and we're hightailing it to the Lotus store.

[Hot_Wheelz]

I seen an orange tesla roadster up on McKnight by the Tim's/Wendy's last week

[Z_fairladygirl]

Too bad porsches are a plague, especially in calgary, and their body styling is horrible :thumbsdow

[RickDaTuner]

Originally posted by Z_fairladygirl
Too bad porsches are a plague, especially in calgary, and their body styling is horrible :thumbsdow

Haha,

Haters enter....


I don't fancy Porsche in the regular sense, but the GT series cars are amazing.

I think you just made some frenemies on beyond with that last post Shelby.

[BokCh0y]

:love:

[max_boost]

Originally posted by RickDaTuner


Haha,

Haters enter....


I don't fancy Porsche in the regular sense, but the GT series cars are amazing.

I think you just made some frenemies on beyond with that last post Shelby.

Nah, Shelby is entitled to her own opinion. :D

[Disoblige]

Originally posted by Z_fairladygirl
Too bad porsches are a plague, especially in calgary, and their body styling is horrible :thumbsdow
Yeah I agree the body styling is horrible, especially when all you see is its rear end all the time :rofl:

:angel:

[01RedDX]

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[Z_fairladygirl]

Hahaha thanks :p
The GT series is incredible but they're still an eye sore :p
Now I'm not saying that Porsches aren't great cars, that would be foolish of me, but they are still very ugly :rofl:

[J.D.]

Nice Car.

[Sugarphreak]

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[flipstah]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak
BUMP:

Does anybody own one of these cars locally I might be able to look at? Or know of a dealership that has one in stock I can look at?

Just trying to get a feel for the car, interior seating and comfort always makes or breaks a car almost immediately for me.


Dude, that's boring.

Just fly out to Vancouver and turn it into a weekend trip.

Have a nice day eating out in Vancouver, test driving a Lotus and then coming home with it. :thumbsup:

[max_boost]

Originally posted by flipstah


Dude, that's boring.

Just fly out to Vancouver and turn it into a weekend trip.

Have a nice day eating out in Vancouver, test driving a Lotus and then coming home with it. :thumbsup: :bigpimp: :bigpimp: :bigpimp:

[flipstah]

Originally posted by max_boost
:bigpimp: :bigpimp: :bigpimp:

This guy knows how to party. I wish I could too... :(

[Sugarphreak]

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[ddduke]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak


haha, sure!

Right now I am still in the research phase of my search so I don't want to make a big deal about it.

I am mostly interested in the seating position, outward visibility and general feel of the vehicle... not so much in test driving it at this point.

Hoping I can come across one in Calgary I can spend a few minutes with.

Get a Viper instead, then we can find a dealership in the states with a few on the lot and work out a group buy.

[FraserB]

Go with your other choice. Much more :bigpimp:

Either way, I want a ride.